It is rare that I can't find what I am looking for on this site, but a couple of things are eluding me.
I have a Captivate running Cognition v2.3b2.
First:
Dial by Name: The Captivate dialer seems to only search from left to right when trying to dial a contact by name. I checked a friend's Epic 4G and it finds the pattern anywhere in the contacts name (even if i dial "mit", "jon smith" will be returned as a result to choose from). This is also how WinMo worked and I really miss that functionality.
How can I use the Epic 4G dialer on the Captivate (with 2.2)?
Second:
Stock Lock Slider: The Driod X has a lock slider that sets the phone to vibrate, rather than silent. Can this be used on the Captivate?
Thanks
It seems like I figured #2 out. I remember playing with the settings on the old Cognition ROMS without any luck. But, now it seems to work.
Settings --> Sound --> Vibrate = 'Only in Silent Mode' or 'Always'
Any thoughts on #1? Could that be as simple as a setting change too
Thanks
I just flashed Cognition v2.4 which is based on a Vibrant ROM and the dialer now searches first and last name (regardless of how I have the contacts sorted). It won't find any pattern like the Epic does, but it is good enough for me.
The Dialer is DialerTabActivity.apk inside /system/app.
You could try pulling the Epic 4G one and overwriting it.
I do not know what this would result in. Worth trying.
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I have a problem that my phone pops up notifications - but they are blank.
The phone is a Kaiser/TyTnII ( Used to be Vodafone 1615 )
I am pretty sure that this phone has been flashed with one of the XDA ROMs as i have just done a hard reset and i still have touchFlo and a bunch of other non standard looking utilities on the phone.
The about box for TouchFlo says version 1.0 ( Build 1818.3719 ) which i am pretty sure having read all about the touchflo project for the Kaiser on the XDA developers is a version created here.
So now that i have given some background, back to the problem... pretty much everything on the phone seems to work ok. But the really annoying bug is this notification pop up.
eg. Set a calendar appointment for a few minutes in the future, set a reminder.
.... few minutes passes ... notification pops up
whole screen dims and at the bottom i get the soft buttons of "dismiss" and "menu"
No actual message is displayed on the screen.
Now i flip to landscape mode, and i can see the top left hand corner of a pop up message - the rest dissapears off the screen.
So, what have i done so far to help myself ?
1) searched these forums for somebody having the same problem/question X
2) tried some registry tweaks for specifying what message should pop up X
3) renaming the notification manager.dll X
4) looking at all the notification *.png screen images in the /windows/
folder and confirming that they are correctly set for the QVGA screen size. X
5) tried downloading the notification manager.cab for the rhodium - elsewhere on the XDA site. - would not install
6) hard reset the phone.
I dont actually want the touchflo as i prefer the spb mobile shell. What options do i have ?
Do i need to just apply the correct registry tweaks and all will be well ?
Do i download a new notification manager from somewhere that will fix this?
Do i have to re-flash the phone ? ( least attractive option to me )
Can i somehow uninstall the notification manager and go back to a windows
default version ?
thanks, you_were_lucky
Notification Manager - pop up window size ?
So some developments since my post yesterday, I tried some registry tweaks to change the font sizes.
I notice that if i tap the title bar ( next to the wifi icon) i get the notification manager screen up - this has all the correctly sized and formatted .png images and functions correctly.
It is the pop up that appears due to a calendar reminder or a wireless network found etc. that is all wrong
When i go into landscape i can see the edge of this and even click on the wireless network found radio buttons etc.
So i figure that maybe the pop up window sizes are all wrong due to some mad font size someplace. I went into the registry and tried changing font sizes down from 800 to 12 and this did indeed change the size of most fonts kicking arround the place. Unfortunately it did not influence the size of the pop up box.
Any ideas people ?
thanks YWL
Hello,
Formel-LMS gave me a heads up that there's no "Vibration and sound off" option when pressing volume down on the homescreens..
On 2.1 you got "sound (1 to 100)", "vibration only", "silence (no vibration, no sound)"
On 2.2 the last one seems to be missing..
Check the attached screens, last one is missing (its german but you'll see it on the icons..)
Is it possible to add that back? It'd be great to see that in future 2.2 ROMs
And I don't want to use additional apps or widgets ..
I reported this in the Android issue tracker
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8668
Unfortunately, they're probably not going to do anything about it. Would be nice to see the volume 'fixed' in some ROMS like Cyanogen. I guess we'll see when the source is finally released.
Thanks man.. romain guy said they did it this way because users were confused of it.. what the hell? This is a step back.. and I thought FroYo is many steps ahead 2.1
a quick fix is to download Quick Settings from the market. lets you change your ringer to silent and not vibrate.
Yeah.. an additional App to get something what worked before
andybz said:
I reported this in the Android issue tracker
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8668
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Since this issue is like a closed issue someone created a new one:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9465
Star it!
Hope this is getting changed in Gingerbread
You probably don't want to hear about another app but... power control plus allows you to set a widget to a total silent mode
[Q] Is it possible to have the Stock 2.2 "phone" button behavior using ADW Launcher?
In 2.2, the phone button on the default launcher remembers the last "tab" you were on in the phone app (instead of always going to the phone tab it would remember if you were last on the Phone / Call log / Contacts / Favorites tab. The standard widget "phone" you can add always sends you to the phone tab.
I would love to use ADW again, but for me the always going to the "phone" tab dialer is a deal breaker. I have searched for an answer here and on Google, but could not find anything related to this issue. Any help would be appreciated.
Dialer One has that option (among tons of other options), if you want to try it.
I will give Dialer One a try and see how I like it.
I was hoping that the answer was easy, since it is obviously a widget that the default android launcher uses. I figured I was just not seeing it in the widget list or it was a shortcut that was obscure.
I flashed Slim ICS 4.0.4 yesterday, with the Captivate essentials and Slim Gapps. The ROM looks great and is considerably faster than my previous ones (Phoenix Unleashed and CM7 2.3.5).
Although I have a couple of issues with the ICS keyboard and notification lights.
-In the GB keyboard, I used to be able to double-tap the spacebar and get a period. Can't see that option in ICS. Am I missing something in the settings?
- Also, in GB, the spelling suggestions used to work even when I've typed a word wrongly and placed a space between that and a new word. I could go back to the wrongly typed word and correct it. In the ICS keyboard, once I move on from a wrongly typed word, I can't come back to it and correct it.
If the answer is that move back to GB keyboard for a while, can someone suggest a good GB keyboard app?
For the notifications: I have the AT&T captivate, and whenever a text/email etc arrives, the four bottom lights don't light up. Again, I'm guessing I'm missing something in the options.
Thanks, and keep up the great work
Not sure about the keyboard, I use Swype and turn off auto correct.... But i can still tap on a wrong word anywhere and the word suggestion pops up to pick from...
But for the backlight notification, look for an app called galaxy s settings , should be in your drawer. Change backlight timeout to never.
Phoned in.....
I tried the Galaxy S setting and put the BLN to "always on". Still doesn't work. I've got the NS Tools option for missed calls BLN on, and that's the only time I get the light.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA
Get the BLN control app. It works for me.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA
Oops... I misunderstood.... Go to settings/display and check pulse light notification on....
Phoned in.....
fractaline said:
Oops... I misunderstood.... Go to settings/display and check pulse light notification on....
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Yeah okay, that helped. How the hell did I miss that... Thanks a lot.
Hey, I just got into flashing roms and such... just moved from CM 10 stable to beast 4.2.1 and everything went great except from settings that got missing which are mainly 3:
1. I joined contacts together with their facebook profile in order to get their picture when calling them but when i flashed the new rom that was gone... any way of keeping it?
2. all my ringtones aren't synced anymore... now when i have someone who used to own a ringtone of his own i got no ringtone at all... same question
3. my entire launcher stayed the same but the widgets aren't working... any way of fixing that?
4. (different question) in the power widget in the notification drawer there was an option to change the time the screen takes to turn off, that option isn't available in the quick settings panel... is there other way to enable it? (besides getting the power widget again)
thanks!
Blackherted said:
Hey, I just got into flashing roms and such... just moved from CM 10 stable to beast 4.2.1 and everything went great except from settings that got missing which are mainly 3:
1. I joined contacts together with their facebook profile in order to get their picture when calling them but when i flashed the new rom that was gone... any way of keeping it?
2. all my ringtones aren't synced anymore... now when i have someone who used to own a ringtone of his own i got no ringtone at all... same question
3. my entire launcher stayed the same but the widgets aren't working... any way of fixing that?
4. (different question) in the power widget in the notification drawer there was an option to change the time the screen takes to turn off, that option isn't available in the quick settings panel... is there other way to enable it? (besides getting the power widget again)
thanks!
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1. You have to use HaxSync with the Jellybean work-around to sync Facebook contacts/pictures. There may be alternative apps available but this is just what I myself use.
2. Not sure what you are trying to ask. Just go into Sound settings or your music player and set a ring tone.
3. This is normal. I'm assuming they either look like white or black boxes? Just delete and reapply your widgets.
4. Not that I know of.
Kingo64 said:
1. You have to use HaxSync with the Jellybean work-around to sync Facebook contacts/pictures. There may be alternative apps available but this is just what I myself use.
2. Not sure what you are trying to ask. Just go into Sound settings or your music player and set a ring tone.
3. This is normal. I'm assuming they either look like white or black boxes? Just delete and reapply your widgets.
4. Not that I know of.
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1. found a solution... restored my 4.1.2 contacts storage via titanium and it's working great.
2. What I mean is that when I set a custom ringtone and flash a new rom that ringtone isn't working anymore... (which makes me miss some calls...)
3. oh wellz
4. oh wellz using widgetsoid for that now...
New question (since i can't post in development)... In CM 10 I had Developer Settings in the settings menu... and on beast 4.2.1 i don't have them... is that normal? is there a fix for that?
thanks for you help